---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting the sale of flavored e‑liquid to minors; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting the sale of flavored e‑liquid to minors; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1477"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1477 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MANUFACTURERS - SEE ALSO SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES", "SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS - SEE ALSO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE", "SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS - SEE ALSO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lee", "Mitskog"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88820fd6-7f20-4e99-af5e-14c9e3a6c8c6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1477.html"
source_hash: "a2dd7f86b879a44ff0c1282451451f8baf4a6fb09eb28844666047ce602c6dc2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1477 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting the sale of flavored e‑liquid to minors; and to provide a penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0928-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0928-01002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0928-01002m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0928-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0928-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0928-04000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Bakke** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0928-02001a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Bakke (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0928-02001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Mitskog — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 60 nays 33 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-12** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-04-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-03** Division of bill
- **2019-04-03** Division A lost
- **2019-04-03** Division B passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to House
- **2019-04-04** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88820fd6-7f20-4e99-af5e-14c9e3a6c8c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).